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1) Sharks!: a mighty bite-y history

Author

Forster, Miriam

Pub. Date

2022.

Language

English

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"Sharks are some of the oldest creatures on the earth (or, rather, in its waters). This epic survey follows sharks from their earliest appearance in the Paleozoic era up through the challenges they face today. Along the way, readers will meet many different sharks from different points in history. They will get an up-close evolutionary look at what makes a shark a shark-like their skin, their teeth, their fins, and more. And they will get a crash...

2) Bugs: a skittery, jittery history

Author

Forster, Miriam

Pub. Date

2024.

Language

English

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"Insects are some of oldest creatures on Earth, evolving well before other land animals alongside ferns and trees. This epic survey follows bugs and their cousins from their earliest appearance in the Paleozoic era up through today. Along the way, readers will meet many different kinds of insects from various points in history - like the trilobite of the Cambrian Explosion or the more recent and familiar termite. The text explores insect skills like...

3) Great Carrier Reef

Author

Stremer, Jessica

Series

Books for a better earth

Pub. Date

[2023]

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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"A STEM picture book documenting the transformation of an aircraft carrier that was gutted and turned into the world's largest artificial reef"--

4) Strange but true: 10 of the World's Greatest Mysteries Explained

Author

Hulick, Kathryn

Pub. Date

2019.

Language

English

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Scientifically explains ten great mysteries of popular culture, from alien abductions to the lost city of Atlantis.

5) Wild in the streets

Author

Singer, Marilyn

Pub. Date

2019

Language

English

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Humans may have built towns and cities, but we aren't the only ones who live in them. Given the smallest chance--a park, a garden, a window box; a basement, a subway tunnel, a bridge--wildlife manages to survive in the city. Each animal's story is told through a short poem accompanied by an informational paragraph. Some poems are comical, some poignant, and all make the reader see the world in a different way. After a rousing exploration of animal...